Resetting a 2700

[Tacitus]

When you reset a router it normally wipes out all the information - password, DNS settings and so on.  However when you then put in the relevant information and connect up, it will connect at about the same rate as it did before the reset.  Apparently it seems to retain some memory relating to the speed it synced at even though all other information is wiped. 

Does anyone know if it is possible to *completely* reset a 2700 and return it to an absolutely pristine state as it came out of the box, with no memory of ever having been connected to a DSL line? 

With some I think you can do it by holding down the reset before powering on or something like that.

[Steve]

I've no idea whether this is any different than the 3 second paperclip.

https://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9200/c/426,1636,1637,1643/session/L3NpZC8tSEVkdUlhaw==

[Tacitus]

I've no idea whether this is any different than the 3 second paperclip.
https://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9200/c/426,1636,1637,1643/session/L3NpZC8tSEVkdUlhaw==

Thanks Steve, I guess the only way will be to try it.  The latter part of that page is only viable with the V6 firmware - no Openzone on V5. 

[kinmel]

On the Diagnostics>Setting>Rests page there is the option to force a reset to Factory Default Settings.

V5 is page http://192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=J21

V6 is page   http://192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=C_5_7

[Tacitus]

On the Diagnostics>Setting>Rests page there is the option to force a reset to Factory Default Settings.

V5 is page http://192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=J21

V6 is page   http://192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=C_5_7

Thanks Alan, I missed that one.    I recently bought another 2700 for use a backup.  Unfortunately it has V6 firmware but came in its original sealed wrapping.  At £8 I can't complain. 

The V6 is the one I'm currently using but one thing I can't get to work is an application that syncs across the LAN.  It uses Bonjour and, it's on Port 4990.  Is there any way of allowing LAN to LAN communications to by-pass the firewall?  In a business context you probably wouldn't do this, but allowing multiple devices to sync on this port is a useful thing for me.

I've tried port mapping but I think that's only for WAN to LAN as it won't work. 

[MisterW]

Is there any way of allowing LAN to LAN communications to by-pass the firewall?

AFAIK there isn't any firewall on the 2700 for local LAN traffic, its only WAN to LAN. Are you sure there's no s/w firewall affecting the connection ?

[Tacitus]

AFAIK there isn't any firewall on the 2700 for local LAN traffic, its only WAN to LAN. Are you sure there's no s/w firewall affecting the connection ?

Thought of that, but when I went through the settings on both machines I couldn't find any blocks on LAN to LAN for either of them, so I put it down to a new style firewall on the V6 firmware.  Must be something somewhere though.   

[MisterW]

I'd be pretty sure its not the router, effectively the LAN connections are just connected via a switch so I don't see how it could be blocking traffic. If you've changed routers then your machines may well have been allocated different local IP addresses, I wonder if somewhere in the Bonjour configuration its remembered an 'old' IP for a machine...   

[Tacitus]

If you've changed routers then your machines may well have been allocated different local IP addresses, I wonder if somewhere in the Bonjour configuration its remembered an 'old' IP for a machine...   

Finally nailed it.  A combination of two things, the first as you suggest a different IP allocation so it was trying to sync to a non-existent database.  The second was that as a result you need to reset sync services (I'm on a Mac) so doing one without the other was ineffective.

Thanks for the pointers - I got there in the end.